Next meeting is April 1st, 8:30 - 3:30 featuring Scott McLeod from Iowa State! Hope you can come and bring your principals!!

February 2009

Meeting Minutes:
Vic Jaras - Tech Consultant from DE - vic.jaras@iowa.gov

Vic's PowerPoint Presentations:







Darwin Brown - Student Career Connections and Google

Why Google Apps for Education? - YouTube video

Tech Survey Results - contact Deanna
Announcements:
ITEC Student Tech Fair - Western Division - April 16 at Denison Fine Arts Center, deadline to register is March 2nd
History Day - has webpage competition this year
New Interactive Whiteboard Training resources available on this wiki - see link on left

iFlip Cameras Available from AEA Media Center

To view a single camera in Medinaet, click here.
To view the camera set in Medinaet, click here.

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital Cameras

To view a single camera in Medianet, click here.
To view the camera set in Medianet, click here.

November 2008

Iowa Core Curriculum
The Governor signed Senate File 2216 into law May 1, 2008, which requires the full implementation of the Core Curriculum – in high schools by July 1, 2012 and K-8 by 2014-15. Implementation plans are required for high schools by July 1, 2010 and by K-8 schools by July 1, 2012. The Department is encouraging K-12 school systems to develop a K-12 implementation by July 1, 2009.

Resources and answers can be found on the DE website at: http://www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/674/1023/

Core Curriculum Timeline

• July 1, 2010 Implementation Plan for Grades 9-12
• July 1, 2012 Full Implementation of the Plan for Grades 9-12
• July 1, 2012 Implementation Plan for Grades K-8
• 2014-2015 Full Implementation of Plan for Grades K-8

Core Curriculum Timeframe

2008-2009	2009-2013	2014-2014 & Beyond
Leadership Capacity Building	Planning & Implementation	Full Implementation & Continuous Improvement

21st Century Skills

Descriptions of what constitute essential 21st century skills are plentiful as well. In the 2007
session, the Iowa Legislature established the Iowa 21st century framework as:
1. employability skills
2. financial literacy
3. health literacy
4. technology literacy

Technology Literacy Essential Concepts and Skill Sets from the Iowa Core Curriculum

• Demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology
• Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others
• Apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills using appropriate tools and resources to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems and make informed decisions
• Understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology, and practice legal and ethical behavior
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations

Iste's Educational Technology Standards for Students
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm

ERATE

http://www.universalservice.org/sl/

Stay Tuned
FYI....I was in DC yesterday for a meeting and talked with 2 staffers from the FCC about the delay in release of the Eligible Services LIst for funding year 2009. While they don't know when the ESL will be released, they stated it would be "soon." (The 471 window cannot open until after the ESL is released). Stay tuned!!!!

Pamela Pfitzenmaier Jacobs, Ph.D.
Iowa E-rate Coordinator
Iowa Department of Education
Grimes Office Building
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
phone 515-975-0071
January 2008
Handouts

Atomic Learning
Getting Started Guide
Using Key Numbers in Atomic Learning

New Digital Cameras Available from the AEA Media Center
To see the list in Medianet, click here.

Classroom Performance System (the clickers) by eInstruction
6 sets available for checkout - 2 slates

March 27, 2008

Agenda for upcoming meeting:
Online Resources Update - AP MultiMedia - Deanna


Announcements - Judy
NETA - April 24-25
New Model Units for Core Curriculum on Website??? - Maryann
Tech Summer Classes

• Make the Connection - Iowa AEA Online - Deanna - June 5 and 6 - Win Lab
• for paraed - May 17 and 31 - Deanna - Win Lab
• Integrating Tech into the Curriculum - Maryann - June 2 and 3 - Win Lab
• Apple iLife in the Classroom - Judy - June 5 and 6 - Atlantic HS
• Using Tech Tools to raise rigor and relevance in Curr - Maryann - June 5, 6, 10, 12 - Shenandoah RO
• Using ePort to meet Iowa Teaching or Adminis Standards - June 9 and 13 - Win Lab
• Iowa History in Your Classroom with IPTV Iowa Pathways Website - Brian Bauer - June 16 and 17
• DreamWeaver Class - Fremont-Mills - August 5 and 7, 2008
• Possible Moodle training in August??

AV Coop

IPTV Education website
Break

Digital TV Presentation - Terry Rinehart, Brian Bauer, Bill Hayes


eInstruction/interWrite Product Demonstration - March 27 - 1:00 to 3:00